Box Score 11/3: Carroll, Cubs and Kaepernick

Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we nurse this World Series hangover.

Happy birthday to Larry Holmes, Phil Simms and Colin Kaepernick. On this date in 1995, the new arenas saw their first NBA games; the FleetCenter in Boston, the Rose Garden in Portland and the Skydome in Toronto.

Around the league: 

• Need to see some photos of happy Cubs fans? Go with the local beat. [Chicago Sun-Times]
• Okay fine, admit it. You want to look at sad Indians fans. Deadspin's got you. [Deadspin]
• What happened to the Carolina Hurricanes and their supposedly great new season? [Puck Daddy]
• The home DNA tests that can tell you how to best improve your workout and tell you what type of athlete you can become? They rely on some shaky science and often contradict each other. [STAT]

YB ICYMI: 

"Baseball, if nothing else, lends itself to be a poetic game, built on the back of tradition and reverence for its history, in real time. So it is only right that the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians – two franchises that have waited a combined 176 years to see their next World Series title – have a series that goes the entire distance. In all actuality, it would probably be appropriate that this final game even goes into extra frames to sort it out, just to drive the nail of desperation and unavoidable anguish for one side, as far as possible." - Cubs, Indians prepare for a guaranteed date with history in Game 7

"OK, before you go on to the next section thinking that I've gone insane for featuring a straw as a tailgate invention, take another look. I'll wait. Do you notice anything odd about these straws? It might be just a little bit hard to notice, but these straws are actually made of meat. It's very subtle, I know. In all seriousness, not every college football fan is lucky enough to be able to sleep in on Saturdays. Not every college football fan can count on night games. So here's an invention for the folks who have the determination to wake up at 7 a.m., travel an hour to the parking lots and arrive three hours early to the game. These are the true tailgate heroes, and they deserve love too." -
TailGreater: Down the hatch with the Midshipmen

"Everyone involved with getting this shot of Pete Carroll as Stephen Hauschka sent a 28-yard field goal attempt to the far left deserves a medal. The cameraman, the director, and Carroll himself all combined to create cinematic gold that was fodder for the single-best gif of the NFL season. You can't possibly say that ties are bad for the league (well, maybe 6-6 ties are), because the certainty of a tie produced this moment." - The most brilliant moments halfway through the NFL season

TSA lets you on the plane with that thing?